Read the first stanza of "auspex."my heart, i cannot still it, nest that had song-birds in it; and when the last shall go, the dreary days to fill it, instead of lark or linnet, shall whirl dead leaves and snow. the speaker compares his heart to an empty nest in order to: emphasize the fact that his love has left. describe a physical feeling he is experiencing.

Read the passage below and answer the question. marcus had a reputation for being craven. no one had ever seen him do a single brave thing. using context clues, how would you define the word craven in the passage? intense courageous cowardly thoughtful

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

What is the best definition for the term imagery